Canada raised foreign interference concerns with China, Defence Minister Blair says

Canada warned China against meddling in its elections during a rare meeting of the countries' defence chiefs, Defence Minister Bill Blair said on Saturday. "I raised the concern of foreign interference in all the manifestations that it might take, including interference in our institutions, including our elections, but also actions of collusion against the Chinese diaspora in Canada, our citizens," Blair told Reuters, referring to his conversation with Chinese counterpart Dong Jun. Canada's domestic spy agency said in April that China had interfered in the last two elections as part of an official probe into election meddling. Beijing has denied…